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Hackathon cy #insurtech

Each weekend is special, but the weekend of January 26-28 2018 is unique, as it will be the launch point for new InsurTech businesses. The event will focus on the creation of innovative applications (Minimum Viable Products – MVP) in the wider insurance sector (#insurtech).

Hackathon cy #Insurance is organized by Crowdpolicy technology and innovation company and KPMG, within the framework of the open innovation event hackathon.com.

KPMG in Cyprus is putting together a hackathon to develop and showcase new tech solutions within the insurance industry.

The Objectives of Hackathon cy #Insurance

Create preconditions of youth entrepreneurship: through competition, new groups or startup companies are born, which in the future contribute effectively to Cypriot – and why not -global economy

Utilize knowledge and expertise of programmers, new businesses, groups and executives, in order to create innovative applications

Design and promote novel applications and business models in the following domains:

Applications aiming to assist innovative entrepreneurship in the insurance sector – promotion of entrepreneurship and startups in the sector of #insurtech (e.g.: aggregators, p2p & on demand insurance, marketplaces)

Innovation through the creation of new products and services – Insurance innovation through the use of emerging technologies and trends (e.g.: blockchain, crowdsourcing, chatbots, p2p insurance, Internet of things, big data analysis tools, API economy, robo advisors, open hardware etc.)